finally....

THE BABY SHOWER!!!

I'm finally getting it together enough to post about the baby shower!

We had the shower on October 29th, a day we figured would be good because it wouldn't be too cold for snow or too warm for hot cider.   Wrong!  It snowed.  The earliest it's snowed in Northern Virginia since the Civil War.  The goood news is that the snow didn't slow anybody down and the shower went off as planned!

We had super cute decorations courtesy of Aunt Lizzy, of course:

And delicious food courtesy of Grandma, of course

Ok so she didn't make the cake, but it was delicious

There's very yummy caramel corn in here!

And fabulous looking guests

And of course, some fantastic presents!

Thank you, thank you, thank you all for a fabulous shower!  We are so grateful for your generosity and feel so much more ready for the little boy! 

an explanation....

Don't worry baby Conley, we're right here.  We have been very busy the past few weeks and I guess I owe you all an explanation.

2 weeks ago, we were in Toldeo, OH celebrating the wedding of Chris and Amy 

Future aunt and uncle

And we saw this lady...

Nana

In case you think Mom just likes big dresses....

Proof we took the baby with us!

The next weekend, we were at this place...



University of Delaware football stadium

for the baby's first homecoming.  We hung out all weekend with this fun lady:

That's Alison, she's pretty exciting about the baby coming too!

So that's where we've been.  I've been a terrible blog updater, but I promise, we took the baby EVERYWHERE with us.  I know because I had to carry him around!





question

have you seen these people?

i'm just making sure they're still around.

my aunt lizzy had a dream about me coming early last night, so i'd like to know that there will be parents there to catch me when i come out.

i eagerly await your answer,

baby conley

This one takes the cake....

At the end of September, my old work, The Children's Therapy Center, had a baby shower for me.  One of my friends, Sarah, made a diaper cake for me.  I have to say, this is a pretty impressive cake...

I think she knows we like the Steelers!  Scott was pretty excited with the cake when I showed him.  Sarah had stuffed all sorts of toiletries into the cake, so it was full of goodies. She's a mom, so she knows everything we would need!  

Happy Halloween!

Hello there!  So sorry for the long time between blog posts!  We have been very busy here with 2 showers and guests in town. I will try to be better.  Once I get the shower pictures together, they will be on here. 

But for now....a little Halloween cheer

And yes Lizzy, my eyes are open!

Happy Halloween!

30 weeks...

Another week, another doctor's appointment.  


I had my 30 week appointment today.  I am going every 2 weeks now, which means we're getting closer!  Nothing exciting from this appointment.  Baby boy is doing well, strong heart beat.  I got the all clear to fly to my brother-in-law's wedding in 2 weeks.  


She did mention that I just squeaked by on my glucose test.  I was excited by this fact but she still thinks I may have gestational diabetes because the baby is big.  I think he's just big.  I was almost 9 pounds and Scott was almost 11.  As the high risk doctor said, we just make big babies!  


Showers are coming up so exciting posts to come!

28 weeks...

We're 28 weeks today!  I went for an ultrasound and learned all sorts of things about the baby.

Weight he should be: 2 pounds, 4 ounces
Weight he actually is: 3 pounds, 9 ounces

Weeks he should be measuring: 28 weeks
Weeks is actually is measuring: 30 weeks 5 days

So as you can see, we're a little ahead of schedule.  The doctor thinks this is fine and he's just genetically predetermined to be a big baby.  That doesn't bode well for me! 

We also got some new ultrasound pictures:

Legs and feet

Face shot! 

And the most recent belly shot